*astTECS

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*astTECS
Industry Telecommunication
Founded2010 (2010)
FounderDr. Devasia Kurian
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Parent iTECS Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Website www.asttecs.com

*astTECS is an Indian telecom company, which provides enterprise telecom products and Asterisk-based open source communication services, [1] [2] headquartered in Bangalore, India. [3] The company is ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 9001:2015 certified.[ citation needed ]

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History and overview

The company was founded in 2010 and developed its first open source IP PBX system.[ citation needed ]

In 2012, *astTECS launched an NTP 2012 Policy compliant IP PBX series with video conferencing facility. [4] [5]

In October 2012, the company expanded its operation in South Africa and the Middle East through partners. [6]

In 2013, *astTECS was featured in the Red Herring Global Top 100 Winners List [7] [8] and Asia Top 100 Winners. [9]

In September 2014 *astTECS also appointed a partner in Fiji and started its operation in many parts of India like New Delhi, Pune, Indore, Cochin, Mumbai and Coimbatore. [10] It launched *astTECS IP PBX for the hospitality industry in June 2014 [11] and *astTECS IP PBX for educational institutions in June 2016. [12] As of August 2016, it also has offices in Ghana and Botswana. [13] [14] [15]

In June 2017, *astTECS announced the launch of *astPG 30 and *astPG 60 PRI Gateway. [16]

In July 2017, It launched an IP PBX for small and medium-sized businesses. [17]

In November 2017, *astTECS starts providing cloud-based voice logging services. [18]

In May 2018, *astTECS launched *astTRAC, a location tracking CRM system, and *astDial, mobile cloud telephony for contact centers. [19]

Product and services

Awards and recognition

See also

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